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6/26/2013 5:59:06 PM

they should have just dropped the dome on a real cow.

WAIT YOU MEAN THE DOME ISN'T REAL EITHER?!?!?!?!?!?!?

6/26/2013 6:26:57 PM

I watched, but I kept wondering: Aren't there shovels in this town?

6/26/2013 6:36:02 PM

...

6/26/2013 7:03:07 PM

... you know, to dig under the dome.

6/26/2013 7:03:59 PM

way to go, you just ruined the series finale.

6/26/2013 7:10:06 PM

6/26/2013 8:05:08 PM

i read the book...they actually get out of the dome by firing a proton torpedo into a vulnerable thermal exhaust port

6/26/2013 8:49:51 PM

Considering the book only lasted 4 days, I'm sure they had to change some characters significantly to give them more back story/mystery.

6/26/2013 9:10:05 PM

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"Aren't there shovels in this town?"

rights to this title were already taken unfortunately:

6/26/2013 11:20:45 PM

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"Aren't there shovels in this town?"

Didn't help in the book, won't help here.

6/27/2013 10:31:25 AM

Seems like for me, one of the biggest deviations is Juniors mental state at the beginning. I saw him as someone who deteriorated over time, but seemed kinda ok at the beginning.

6/27/2013 12:07:19 PM

i thought we had decided not to make comparisons to the book in this thread.

6/27/2013 12:18:37 PM

We did not

6/27/2013 12:40:16 PM

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"I liked it, will continue to watch. Haven't read the book though so no spoilers please."

on the first page there was a request for no spoilers, which I think we should respect.

6/27/2013 12:45:58 PM

Spoilers are one thing, deviations are another.

6/27/2013 12:48:41 PM

well in that case maybe we should compromise and have a [book talk] tag for this thread?

6/27/2013 12:52:57 PM

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"Seems like for me, one of the biggest deviations is Juniors mental state at the beginning. I saw him as someone who deteriorated over time, but seemed kinda ok at the beginning."

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"Considering the book only lasted 4 days"

6/27/2013 1:18:02 PM

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"Spoilers are one thing, deviations are another."

that's sort of the same thing, dude

6/27/2013 1:30:06 PM

i liked it quite a bit. some of it was a little corny, but i think that's to be expected with summer scifi drama type shows. something about it reminds me of jericho a little bit. the part about the cow having no rumen did bother me a little, but i figured the general public probably wouldn't care.

6/27/2013 2:05:23 PM

saw it. pretty cool. will watch again. kind of figured it would have had a 2-hr 1st episode.

6/28/2013 1:35:44 AM

It's only a 13 week mini-series.

6/28/2013 10:38:33 AM

^unfortunately they are considering stretching it out into multiple seasons, I really hope they don't, but have a feeling they probably will

6/28/2013 11:12:09 AM

so it's a back door pilot?

6/28/2013 12:14:26 PM

i don't think you are clear on what that term means.


i really hope they don't try and drag this out to a multi-season show. The mini-series is all but a dead concept in the states with every network trying to milk out as much as they can from any plot premise possible. i would applaud CBS to let this stand on it's own and not water it down for years to come.

plus, most of the "isolated town" story lines were done well years ago on Jericho.

6/28/2013 12:26:43 PM

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"i don't think you are clear on what that term means."

it's a miniseries that, if it gets good enough ratings, will be picked up as a full series. Battlestar Galactica (2003) is an example of this.

6/28/2013 12:35:49 PM

Bump for tonight

7/1/2013 5:35:17 PM

Can we get a citation for CBS supposedly turning it into a regular series? I haven't seen any reputable source report that as even a possibility.

7/1/2013 6:02:01 PM

I read somewhere they want to push it to at least 8 season. cant finds it now though

7/1/2013 8:39:33 PM

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"something about it reminds me of jericho a little bit."

Also it streams on Amazon Prime Monday nights (I think).

7/1/2013 8:58:58 PM

Checking on the in demand... Didn't realize network shows were this racy...

7/1/2013 9:27:22 PM

lol they showed the cow scene in the 'previously on...'

7/1/2013 10:00:51 PM

The cows been the best part of this show.

7/1/2013 10:34:12 PM

Most controversial, too.

7/1/2013 10:50:51 PM

It's the only thing worth talking about.

7/1/2013 10:53:38 PM

Until a shovel makes an appearance.

7/1/2013 10:54:35 PM

oops

7/1/2013 10:58:10 PM

This episode was not as good as the first. Idk if I'm going to keep watching

7/1/2013 11:00:38 PM

They can only do so many episodes about all the things a wall can stop.

How come no one is freaking out about food? Where is their water coming from?

Why hasn't anyone tried to setup an optical Internet link? Why aren't there more news organizations near the wall?

Show doesn't make sense so far...

7/1/2013 11:15:17 PM

Food - initial shock, I'm sure it'll come later
Water - Wells, water tower, shrug
Military controls access around the dome

7/1/2013 11:20:36 PM

that was pretty awful. herp derp let me kick this flaming trashcan.

7/1/2013 11:25:47 PM

I like how the sheriff lived in a beach bungalow that looked to be owned by his Lost character.

7/1/2013 11:33:40 PM

wasn't as good as the first episode but i'm going to continue watching... i have forgotten just enough of the book so that this is still interesting.

7/1/2013 11:36:35 PM

^lol, smallest house ever

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"Checking on the in demand... Didn't realize network shows were this racy..."

what was so racy?

7/2/2013 9:09:54 AM

I couldn't make it through the episode, it was too slow for me.

7/2/2013 9:47:41 AM

Hank Schrader acting all corrupt

7/2/2013 12:36:25 PM

I'm gonna keep watching just so I can see that creepy kid get his as kicked and to find out where the dome came from

7/2/2013 12:58:44 PM

just watched the second episode, thought it was a lot worse than the first, but i'll stick with it a little longer. The guy playing the little brother of the trapped chick, the one doing the trig on the dome, is a fucking atrocious actor, like really, really bad.

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"Can we get a citation for CBS supposedly turning it into a regular series? I haven't seen any reputable source report that as even a possibility."

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/under-domes-brian-k-vaughan-573409

interview with the producer:

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"THR: You've said that the series already stretches far beyond the short timespan of the book. What kind of time frame are you looking at for the season? Vaughan: It's been pretty close to be going on a day for each episode. So, at 13, it's going to be at two weeks, which pretty closely mirrors the novel. The show is going to be what life is like in those first two hectic weeks under the dome. Hopefully this is just the start of an incredible journey. The fun will come in the second season, so fingers crossed that people will want to stick around with Chester's Mill. THR: Do you have an idea of how long you'd like the show to run? Vaughan: You know, Neal Baer has already worked on two shows that have gone at least 15 seasons. So a conservative 15 seasons sounds about right (laughs)."

not sure if you consider that reputable, but thats where i got my info from

[Edited on July 2, 2013 at 9:26 PM. Reason : $$$]

7/2/2013 9:25:22 PM

2 weeks != 4 days

7/2/2013 9:56:05 PM

i guess he meant the amount of time it took him to READ the book.

7/2/2013 10:17:43 PM